PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - J Keown TI - The case of Ms B: suicide’s slippery slope? AID - 10.1136/jme.28.4.238 DP - 2002 Aug 01 TA - Journal of Medical Ethics PG - 238--239 VI - 28 IP - 4 4099 - http://jme.bmj.com/content/28/4/238.short 4100 - http://jme.bmj.com/content/28/4/238.full SO - J Med Ethics2002 Aug 01; 28 AB - In the case of Ms B, the High Court ruled that as Ms B was a competent adult patient, her doctors acted unlawfully in overriding her refusal of life-preserving ventilation. This commentary considers whether this case supports the proposition that in English law the right to refuse treatment extends even to refusals which are clearly suicidal.